- Accession Number:
- 1998.80.157
- Description:
- Relief picture produced by Martin Kunz for instruction of blind students; may be a part of his Naturkunde [Natural History] series. "Pictures for the Blind" is printed at the top in German, French, English, and Italian as follows: Abbildungen fur Blinde. Images a l'usage des aveugles. Pictures for the Blind. Immagini ad uso dei ciechi. Below this is printed "von Direktor M. Kunz, Illzach." Creator's name and location are embossed in German braille, at bottom. Very detailed relief of a large crocodile standing over its eggs. A man is fleeing from the crocodile's open mouth. Braille labeling provides the common name for the crocodile in German and French, and the species in Latin. Entire frontside of picture is varnished; backside of crocodile is filled with gesso that contains horse hair. Some chipping of varnished surface along bottom edge; some staining. Museum has several of Kunz' relief pictures and maps in its collection. Martin Kunz was director of the Blind Institute at Illzach, Germany and a leading producer of relief pictures and maps in the 1890s. --Tactile Pictures (Eriksson, 1998, p. 107).
- Height:
- 12.5
- Width:
- 15.625
- Date Made:
- ca. 1890
- Maker:
- Kunz, Martin
- Place of Origin:
- Illzach, Germany
- Collection:
- APH Collection
- History/Provenance:
- APH Collection
- Credit Line:
- APH Collection, 1998.80
- Subjects:
- Instructional aids, tools, and supplies Tactile graphics Zoological illustration
- Dimension Notes:
- overall
- Made:
- Kunz, Martin
- Material:
- Paper
- Updated:
- 05/07/2014
